while i was away reno had it's only snow of the winter- 4 in. and -10C. beautiful today so moving the succulents outside-they had a good winter. species cocus finished and dutch going strong.
the scilla formerly known as chionodoxa. for me scillas are shade bulbs and chionodoxa full sun although i know plants cannot be classified by external characteristics-so scillas it is. gouty toe so mostly in bed with my foot elevated. messed in the garden when it was starting so made it much worse-with gout as with scillas you can't beat heredity. glorious weather here.
thanx wintersong. my friend maggie the holistic healer has put me on a regimen of unfiltered sour cherry juice, cold packs, and hot epsom salt soaks. had to get up to take pics of these species tulips that opened this afternoon. the red is a chance seedling with flowers less than an inch across. used to have praestans fusilier in the vicinity so probably somehow related.
my favorite pulmonaria, actually my only pulmonaria but still a good one. persicaria bistort is lurking in the vicinity so will be on the alert. it is a fine plant but a little too enthusiastic. lifted and split-divided is too gentle a word for what happened-an excellent white salvia that was about to succumb to a geranium psilostemon. this past autumn salvias seeded themselves on the edges of the gravel paths so have been replanting them.
very red tulips. the dahlia tubers had a very bad winter-it seems unfair that they should suffer from both mummification and mold, after considerable trimming i popped them into slightly damp compost and after six weeks they are sprouting. yay! predictions are for record temps this week-perhaps 30C. the garden is already exploding out of the ground so. . . . . .
spreaders, pushkinia, scillas, aka chionodoxa, muscari. what good things. split and moved stachys helen von stein. clump forming, non-flowering, fairly large scale but still a great plant for the front of the border. i was seduced by extremely cheap hybrid tulips last nov. they are huge and ready to bloom.
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while i was away reno had it's only snow of the winter- 4 in. and -10C. beautiful today so moving the succulents outside-they had a good winter. species cocus finished and dutch going strong.
magnolia stellata in full flower with liliiflora just breaking bud usually they are a month or more apart.
the scilla formerly known as chionodoxa. for me scillas are shade bulbs and chionodoxa full sun although i know plants cannot be classified by external characteristics-so scillas it is. gouty toe so mostly in bed with my foot elevated. messed in the garden when it was starting so made it much worse-with gout as with scillas you can't beat heredity. glorious weather here.
Get well soon, your garden needs you!
thanx wintersong. my friend maggie the holistic healer has put me on a regimen of unfiltered sour cherry juice, cold packs, and hot epsom salt soaks. had to get up to take pics of these species tulips that opened this afternoon. the red is a chance seedling with flowers less than an inch across. used to have praestans fusilier in the vicinity so probably somehow related.
scillas with violets
magnolias so easy and trouble free.
my favorite pulmonaria, actually my only pulmonaria but still a good one. persicaria bistort is lurking in the vicinity so will be on the alert. it is a fine plant but a little too enthusiastic. lifted and split-divided is too gentle a word for what happened-an excellent white salvia that was about to succumb to a geranium psilostemon. this past autumn salvias seeded themselves on the edges of the gravel paths so have been replanting them.
very red tulips. the dahlia tubers had a very bad winter-it seems unfair that they should suffer from both mummification and mold, after considerable trimming i popped them into slightly damp compost and after six weeks they are sprouting. yay! predictions are for record temps this week-perhaps 30C. the garden is already exploding out of the ground so. . . . . .
spreaders, pushkinia, scillas, aka chionodoxa, muscari. what good things. split and moved stachys helen von stein. clump forming, non-flowering, fairly large scale but still a great plant for the front of the border. i was seduced by extremely cheap hybrid tulips last nov. they are huge and ready to bloom.